I have a feeling that putting VP Pence in charge of the corona virus offense and defense is a bit like putting a monkey in charge of a symphony orchestra. Meanwhile, I also suspect that Hawaii is a tourist destination for Chinese and perhaps people moving in and out of there need to be watched and tested. As indicated in a comment in a news report, when Pence and doctors and scientists call a meeting of all US governors and actually get something done, all we will have seen is Trump speeches designed to reassure Wall Street where all his much bragged about stock market gains of this year have already evaporated.
I hope my guesses and speculation are wrong and informed, intelligent, experienced people will actually be running the anti-virus operation.
After I posted this I say Pam Belden Facebook page where she quoted Robert Reich. Below is that Robert Reich post.
Robert Reich
13 hrs ·
In a rambling press conference that displayed his utter lack of knowledge about public health, Trump announced that he has appointed Mike Pence to lead the administration’s task force for responding to the coronavirus outbreak. He praised Mike Pence’s previous experience handling public health issues, saying “he has a certain talent for this”.
As governor of Indiana, Mike Pence enabled the worst HIV outbreak in his state’s history and actively blocked a policy that would have contained the crisis. He slashed public health funding, which forced HIV testing centers to close, and then took nearly three months to allow a temporary needle exchange to stem the crisis. And now this man is in charge of handling an outbreak of global proportions.
Meanwhile, Trump continues to downplay the scale of the outbreak in direct contradiction to experts’ warnings, and Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar has refused to say that an eventual vaccine will be affordable to everyone. The sheer incompetence of this administration continues to shake me to my core.----https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?id=142474049098533&story_fbid=3085316394814269 .
** Stay tuned...and stay home and stay healthy----- Doug Wiken
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